Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Oklalioman Born In This Stan More Than a Century Ago. t John Henry Eiffert, native of Lex ington, this State, residing now a' Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, is prob ably the oldest of living Confeder ate veterans, having been born ir October, 1814, more than 100 yean ago. Robert T. Hsnks, of Oklahoma contributes to the Confederate vet eran (Nashville) a sketch of the ven pmhle former Carolinian, as follows "As a patriotic citizen, father anr friend, there is not one more worthy of honorable mention, more highl] esteemed, nor held in more venera 1 tion by the community in which h< has lived since 1869, than John Hen ry Eiffert. supposed to be the oldes living veteran in the State of Okla homa. He was born in Lexington SC, October 1, 1814. In 1830 h< was conducting a merchandise busi ness in McMinn and Bradley coun ties, East Tennessee, on the Hi was see river, some 40 miles above Chat tanooga, Tenn, when the 'poor Los, or Cherokees, were compelled Uncle Sam to take up their sad anc enforced march to the then wilder ness in the far West. In 1848 h< was married to a Cherokee lady b: blood, the widow of Dr Robert 1 Hanks, who was Margaret Ann Wan Morgan, a daughter of Col Gideoi VI A.rrnn tirlirv rtrtmiriQnflofl tVin fliorn iUUI nuu vuuiuiunuvu vuv vtiv? v kees in the battle of the 'Horsi Shoe' under General Andrew Jack son, and a cousin of the late Senatoi John T Morgan, of Alabama. "Mr Eiffert went to Californii during the gold fever, but failed t< capture any part of Dame Fortune'] estate and returned to his farm am milling interests in Tennessee, when he remained until the tocsin of wa] sounded and the firstgunechded fron Fort Sumter. Shouldering his ok musket, he joined the second compa ny raised in his town,under commanc of his son-in-law, Capt Wellingtor W McClelland, and was in the 29th Tennessee regiment under Genera Zollicoffer, this brave officer falling early in the struggle. Afterward: he followed the fortunes of wai under General Kirbv Smith and la fij irst of July, anc crifice. ling and Not! loke and water slight damage t day of July. ices. Just come m offered you 1 \ ter on was transferred to the quart- 1 ? ermaster's department at Knoxville, Tenn, where he remained an active and efficient aid through all the , thrilling and eventful years of the , war. ' "He was within reach of stray ( bullets during several bloody battles, ( 1 but fortunately escaped injury. He i ? was under fire all day in the famous battle of Lookout Mountain, having | ' been sent down the hill for supplies early in the morning, and the en- i gagement was on before he got back, j j Of this, in one of his reminiscent talks, he said, "It was a moving pic- 1 j - . , , , ? .. , . ture show that l had a rree ticKet to j fy see. And when the curtain fell and , audience and actors were to go, I | ' did not stand on the order of my go- i ing, but went and have never cared [ ^ to visit Lookout since, not even at j a reunion.' , "Mr Eiffert is one hundred years ( " and five months old and is able to < read the newspapers and keep posted on the European war. He is in i good health, goes regularly to his : ~ meals, and helps about the house by , carrying in stove wood and making ^ fires."' j " kingstkFe pkoof 1 ' Should Convince Every Kingstree j! Reader. j The frank statement of a neighbor, telling the merits of a remedy, 1 Bids you pause and believe. The same endorsement ? | By some stranger far away I PnmmanH j r\r\ Holiof of all r Here's a Kingstree case. ( I A Kingstree citizen testifies. > Read and be convinced. 1 Mrs C M Chandler, Mill St, King- ' ) stree, says: "My kidneys gave me ] 3 considerable trouble. I had pains i j in my back and sides, and could not < rest well. Mornings I was tired ? " and weajc, and also suffered from r dizzy spells. The kidney secretions i passed irregularly. When friends 1 j recommended Doan's Kidney Pills I 1 procured some at Dr W V Brockington's drug store, and they relieved me of the ailments." i 1 Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't I I I 1? 1. C l.U n-at < ' simpiy asft. iur a luuucy icmcujr gti i < ' Do.rn's Kidney Pills?the same that r Mrs Chandler had. Foster-Milburn I 3 Co, Props, Buffalo, N Y. \ Send us the news, ^ i * , ock I everybody "M ons ?"T is so slight ; everything i M " *' W to the store jefore. It's 4 H h s :V< ===* Rahv Actnr CnonrfctSfl AOOn Voar I New York, June 5:?John Jacob Astor, now in his third year, the post-humous child of Colonel John Jacob Astor, who perished on the .. ritanic, has been living at the rate of approximately $30,000 a year, according to the accounting filed with A the surrogate today by his mother, s J Mrs Madeleine Force As^or, who is his guardian. The court allowed Mrs Astor $60,000 for the child's maintenance for three years, or $20,000 a year. In the accounting filed today Mrs Astora-asserts she has spent $23,639 of her own money in addition for his maintenance. Chief items in the accounting are one-third of the taxes of the Astor Fifth avenue home (the taxes being approximate$30,000 a year), $8,000 for professional services of physicians, lawyers and others, and $5,000 for clothing, 3upplie3 and toys. Mrs Astor asserts that she is informed that the income on the trust fund left by Colonel Astor for the child is approximately $140,000, and upon this assumption contends that it was Colonel Astor's wish that his 3on be amply provided for. Birds of a Feather. A current newspaper item is as follows: "The wife of a Methodist minister in West Virginia has been married three times. Her maiden name was Partridge, her first husband was named Robbins, her second. Sparrow, the present, Quale, ifhere are now two young robins, one sparrow and three little quails in the family. One grandfather was a Swan and another a Jay, but he's lead now and a bird of paradise. rhey live on Hawk avenue, Eagleville, Canary island, and the fellow A'ho wrote this is a Lyre and a rela:ive of the family."? The Austrians are fighting aow as f they had got hold of some of that jrand which made the mouse hunt "or the cat.?Greenville Newt, f . Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly rhe Old Standard general strengthening took, SHOVES TASTELFSS chill TONIC. drive? out Malaria.enriches the blood.and builds np the ays* ;ta. A true tonic. For adults and children. 50c ,1.. - . JkMtt-,-. A